In the early days of computing it was often stated that computers
could never exhibit "intelligence" because they could only carry out
tasks that their programmers had anticipated and pre-programmed
solutions for. Advances in areas such as Artificial Intelligence,
Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computation and Automated Reasoning
have shown that computers are capable of far more.
My research focusses on systems that are able to adapt their
response to the data, knowledge or environment in which they are
working. My students and I study and develop computational systems that
employ learning, optimisation and modelling techniques to improve
system performance on complex problems.
Techniques
Some techniques we extend and employ include:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Evolutionary Computing and Genetic Algorithms
- Biologically Inspired Computing (eg Swarms)
- Machine Learning
- Neural Networks
- Statistical Analysis
Applications
Some current application areas of interest include:
- Motion planning strategies
- Visual object tracking
- Computational Linguistics (eg Discourse Analysis)
- Intelligent Software Analysis and Assessment
More information can be found at the Adaptive Systems Research Group site.
by Cara MacNish
